# Words that are fun to say **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 16, 2001, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-fun-to-say/76600 "2001-08-16T18:32:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kamandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5daacb/32.png) [@Kamandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamandi)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-fun-to-say/76600/41 "2001-08-16T23:24:57Z")
I think I’ll say it again: boobs [sub]heh-heh-heh! ---
**Author:** ![Philosophocles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Philosophocles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philosophocles)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-fun-to-say/76600/42 "2001-08-16T23:26:40Z")
phlegm masticate ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-fun-to-say/76600/43 "2001-08-16T23:34:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gunslinger \* > \*\*Smock. Smock, smock, smock. > > [sub]5 points to the first person to get the reference.[/sub] \*\* Calvin and Hobbes. 🙂 kibbutz doppelganger million ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-fun-to-say/76600/44 "2001-08-16T23:47:13Z")
I’d have said the “Smock. Smock, smock, smock” reference is to Steve Allen. But then, I’m over 40. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-fun-to-say/76600/45 "2001-08-17T02:47:12Z")
I once heard “tangential” mispronounced as “tangenital”, and it has become a favourite in my lexicon. (Makes me think of nude beaches.) antwerp gigolo undulate _fnord_ gherkin merkin feckless ribald I used to be a big fan of a polysyllabic verb meaning “to have sexual intercourse while fully dressed.” Does anyone remember this word? Geez, previewing this I realize I must be a pervert. Who knew? ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-fun-to-say/76600/46 "2001-08-17T03:04:21Z")
**Liaison Eskimo** I second \*\*Serendipity Grenouille ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-fun-to-say/76600/47 "2001-08-17T03:14:21Z")
Politicking Nictitating ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-fun-to-say/76600/48 "2001-08-17T05:40:27Z")
To add… Food Commendere Fjord Rammipercussions 🙂 Absolutely (you have to say it like that guy in the Fosters Commercial) Ahb-sew-lyute-leh! -Soup ---
**Author:** ![23skidoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/f04885/32.png) [@23skidoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/23skidoo)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-fun-to-say/76600/49 "2001-08-17T06:07:59Z")
Annuity Due: Some accounting term. It sounds like “I knew what he do”, and therefore makes me laugh. Infundebuliform: Shaped liked a funnel. Chaka the Pakuni ---
**Author:** ![Sultan\_Kinkari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@Sultan\_Kinkari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sultan_Kinkari)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-fun-to-say/76600/50 "2001-08-17T06:35:59Z")
Hurray! Hooligan hoodlum humbug hoover hump hussy mulch ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-fun-to-say/76600/51 "2001-08-17T06:43:58Z")
lollipop - popup - LeeLoo - beekeeper - Prometheus - invisible - Malta - pissed - Mississippi - the PINK bits! - cheezy - Louie Bluie - balloon Some musician/band names I love to say out loud: Johnette Napolitano Akiko Yano (and her hubby Ryuichi Sakamoto) Angelo Badalamenti Siouxsie Sioux Sharon Shannnon Iva Bittova Alla Kadysh Jah Wobble Psychowelders Eleftheria Arvanitaki Capercaillie Yma Sumac Zap Mama Talitha MacKenzie Anna Domino Rufus Wainwright (say that 3 times fast!) Squonk Opera Pooka Sallyangie Lene Lovich Lotte Lenya Fibonaccis Caterwaul Eq ---
**Author:** ![Skijumper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@Skijumper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skijumper)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-fun-to-say/76600/52 "2001-08-17T06:52:22Z")
Famous names I enjoy repeating: Alanis Morrissette(sp?) Cate Blanchett (Cate!) David Duchovny Sinead O’Connor Eric Idle Harrison Ford Jude Law (Juuuuude Laaaaw!) Ellen DeGeneres other words: crisp sprinkle idlewild darkness Doper names I’ll say a few times in a row when reading posts: jarbabyj hardygrrl poopah chalupa Opal Cat Lynn Bodoni Ice Wolf (sounds very Superhero-like) That’s all I can remember now… ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-fun-to-say/76600/53 "2001-08-17T08:17:54Z")
indicative perambulatory gelatinous longitude corpulent carapace ---
**Author:** ![daffodil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@daffodil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/daffodil)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-fun-to-say/76600/54 "2001-08-17T09:50:38Z")
Abominable \* sounds like someone falling down the stairs \*Nincompoop Balaclava Worchestersauce And for some strange reason I find “everything” _the word 🙂_ hard to pronounce. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-fun-to-say/76600/55 "2001-08-17T13:18:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ninja\_rydr \* > \*\*supercalafragicexpealadousous [sp]? \*\* Ahem. “supercalafragilisticexpialadocious” Mork work here…is done. Oh, let me add one more: Uvula. Ask any non-doper (we’re too smart) how their uvula is hangin’ and they’ll think you are nuts or perverse. ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-fun-to-say/76600/56 "2001-08-17T15:03:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Balance \* > \*\*humuhumu-nukunuku-a-pua’a \*\* Hahhah I actually can pronounce that one. That’s my home state’s state fish 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-fun-to-say/76600/57 "2001-08-17T15:13:03Z")
fornication (sounds like the reason you smoke) perturbed (do they charge for each one?) and ridicurous. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-fun-to-say/76600/58 "2001-08-17T15:27:08Z")
Battlebots chihuahua tactile Schenectady ad infinitum decimate ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-fun-to-say/76600/59 "2001-08-17T15:29:37Z")
fornication (sounds like the reason you smoke) perturbed (do they charge for each one?) prepubescent quaff and vissitude. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-fun-to-say/76600/60 "2001-08-17T15:30:53Z")
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